Ninth House of Betazed
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The 9th House of Betazed is one of many ancient houses on Betazed. To be a member of such a social class in Betazoid culture is to be considered descendants of the Goddess, Karawati, herself and a part of influential ancestry. The Ninth House is considered to be the house of agriculture.
History
The Ninth house traditionally had owned the largest amount of land by far compared to the other houses. Many of the other houses claim that they gave some of their undeveloped land to the Ninth house centuries before first contact with the Federation, for the purposes of developing the land agriculturally - to the benefit of other houses and the Betazoid population in general. However there is no record of this ever happening, and the Ninth house, specifically the Ukinix family (which had a reputation for being ruthless) denied this claim.
This did not stop several of the other houses demanding "their" now agriculturally rich land back. At the turn of the 2300s, it became a political issue between the houses.
Over the course of the 2330s, there were rumours the Ukinix house tried to influence the opinion of other houses, and even attempt to take them over, by offering their daughters for arranged marriages with members of the other houses. Record of this happening, however, is scant and has never been proven. No female members of the Ukinix family ever married into other houses.
In approximately 2341, to force the Ninth house to "return" their land, six of the other houses joined together to begin legal action against the Ninth house, which was unprecedented. Rumours began to spread that the youngest male member of the Ukinix family, Astradem, was ordered to temper the attitude of some of the other houses in whatever manner necessary. This came to a head when it was discovered that Astradem was having an affair with the matriarch of the Tenth house. Subsequently, the Fifth house, being the house of nobility, warned all of the house matriarchs not to engage in "unsanctioned and secret romantic relationships" with members of other houses. This resulted in the Matriarch of the Fourth house confessing to having an affair - also with Astradem Ukinix.
The Fourth, Fifth and Tenth houses threatened further legal action against the Ninth house unless land was "returned" to them, and Astradem had no further contact with the other houses. The Ninth house still refused to return lands, however it is alleged that The Ukinix family negotiated a marriage for Astradem with one of the members of the Sixth house in an attempt to diffuse the situation. Astradem refused, so was stripped of his title and nobility by his parents. The fate of Astradem is unknown.
The Ninth house became weakened when legal action against them finally succeeded. They lost most of their land to the other houses. This was compounded during the Dominion War. As a result, members of other houses took control of the Ninth house.
Known members
- Ukinix Family
- Vaxa Ukinix (aka Vaxa Ral) (head - disputed)
m. Unknown- (Unknown)
- Kehani Ral (granddaughter)
- (Unknown)
- Astradem (aka Astrad) Ukinix
m. Hayley Ukinix (Human, nee Cullen)- Sally Ukinix (daughter)
- Anacem Ukinix (son)
m. Stacey Ukinix (Human, nee Williams)- Wil Ukinix (grandson)
- Reayi Ukinix
- Teaxixa Ukinix
- Vaxa Ukinix (aka Vaxa Ral) (head - disputed)